Pesky Unknown Middle Names in Church Records
Catechumens from Trinity Reformed Church near Stouchsburg, Pennsylvania A top source for middle names is the series of Draft Registration Cards held by NARA available from Ancestry and others, for men in 1917 and 1918 for World War I. Even...
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The Emperor Has No Clothes On
The Gringo: A Memoir Hans Christian Anderson wrote a short story about an Emperor who ordered a set of clothing from some weavers/swindlers who outfitted him in nothing and those same men convinced the general populace that those who...
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Anniversary of Civil War Deployment of the Ringgold Light Artillery
In response to President Lincoln’s call for 75,000 volunteers, the Ringgold Light Artillery left Reading on April 16th 1861, the first troops to reach Harrisburg. The First Defenders association held a reunion April 16th 1885 in Reading, Pennsylvania celebrating...
Read moreAncestors Who Fought in the American Revolution May Be Found in Newspapers of a Later Date
Newspaper Research Just Keeps on Giving Don’t despair if your ancestor is not listed in the DAR annals or the Pension files at NARA. Those are the easy paths. Most of those men were either lucky enough to have...
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